Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Preston got to meet his great grandparents (Wetheringtons) this past Sunday evening. We will be making a trip in the next month to visit his other set of great grandparents up in northern Virginia. Besides his weight check the day after he came home from the hospital, this was Preston's first outing!

During the 5 night hospital stay, Preston had a lot of visitors! The most frequent visitors were the proud grandparents! Preston got loved on quite a bit while we were there!!

Preston and I were finally discharged on Friday, January 15, 2010. After leaving the hospital around lunchtime, we made a stop at Chick Fil A and then came home. It was wonderful to finally be home with our son! The first couple days were a little stressful as I was still recovering from surgery and the dogs were a little wound up and having a hard time adjusting to there being a new person in the house. However, things are much more settled now! I am feeling normal again and it is not such a struggle just get up and down.

Preston hardly ever cries! He does not like having his diaper changed, as he gets cold and he will fuss a little around feeling time. He is a wonderful baby! The nights have been extremely easy. He has taken to breast feeling wonderfully and he is a great sleeper! I also love staying at home with him all day. I would not have it any other way!

Well, Preston's due date was January 1, 2010. We were hoping to have him for Christmas, but Christmas came and went. Then, we were just hoping to have him before January so we could have a tax deduction this year. Didn't happen.....Then, we thought it would be neat to have the first baby of the new year. Didn't happen either....I never would have thought that I would be 11 days past my due date before my beautiful son arrived!

Once my due date passed, I was having appointments just about every other day for a non stress test. I was making no progress as far as dialation or effacement and the baby's head had not dropped at all! After 3 weeks or no progress, I approached the midwife about scheduling an induction. On Friday, January 8, we schedule an induction. Jonathan and I went in the following Sunday evening at 5:30p.m. They were going to treat me with Cervidil (sp?) to help soften my cervix and get me dilated so they could start pitocin the next morning. When they checked me Monday morning, i had only dialated to a fingertip, but that was enough to start the Pitocin. After 9 hours of Pitocin, I had still not kicked into labor. I was having strong contractions on paper...but I was feeling none of them! At the end of the day, I had not dialted any further. The midwife decided to try a drug called Cervadex (sp?). This was also supposed to soften the cervix and help the dialtion. After 4 hours, there was still no change. At this point the midwife was suggesting that we do another round of the Cervadex and then run another day of Pitocin to see what happened. Jonathan and I were extremely frustrated and were trying to decide if that would be the best route, or if we should opt for a C-section.

One of the doctors came by our room to check on me and we asked him for a blunt answer as to what he thought the best approach was. He told us that his main concern was the fact that the baby's head was not dropping at all. He said it was highly unusual for pitocin not to kick somebody into active labor. After talking to him, I was at complete peace about having a c section. We had way too many strikes against us at this point. A c section was scheduled for the next morning at 7:30a.m.

Thank goodness we decided on a c section. Preston was a huge baby and his head was off the charts. He never would have been able to be delivered vaginally. The doctors even had to use the vacuum and forcepts to help deliver him during the c section. It was very emotional in the operating room! Obviously, neither Jonathan or I were expecting a c section, nor were we anticipating a 5 day stay in the hospital, but the outcome was a BEAUTIFUL and healthy baby boy!

Preston Luke Wetherington made his entrance into the world on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He weighed 10lbs 3 oz. and was 22 inches long.....off the charts! His foot prints were barely fit on his birth certificate. When they held him up for me to see, I thought I was staring at a 1 month old baby. It was unreal! I don't think anybody expected him to be as big as he was! He was the talk of the hospital nursery!!

About Me

My name is Missy. I have been married to my wonderful husband, Jonathan, for just over a year! We got married on May 17, 2007 in the Grand Cayman Islands. We had a beautiful wedding and have adjusted to married life very easily! We also have two children with fur and four legs. Chubbs and Einstein are our two olde english bulldogges.